Law Offices of Paul A. Smith

About Law Offices of Paul A. Smith

After spending my first 8 years in Ohio, I am a long-term Austinite. I left to San Antonio and Brazoria Coun after graduating from UT Law, I moved to San Antonio to work with legal aid, which is how I started Landlord/Tenant, Real Estate and Housing Law work. My first assignment was staffing the Renter's Guild a Landlord/Tenant Law hotline. I also did Fair Housing and did some do gooder Don Quijote representing residents of a Historic Housing Project the Housing Authority wished to demolsh. in 1999, I took another legal aid type position with the Gulf Coast Legal Foundation near Houston (Angleton) and started practicing Family Law and Consumer Protection Law as well. Eventually, I was tempted to come back to Austin became too much and I took a position with the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. There, I was in-house with a State Agency. In addition to Affordable Housing and anti-poverty work and certified Community Housing Development Organizations. I also worked on Employment issues, and Housing Tax Credit Litigattion. After a brief stint with a non-profit focusing on advising victims of domestic violence, I entered private Practice for good in 2009. It is largely a civil practice, I have become inolved in Criminal law when a civil client has an issue. Similarly, a Family Law client was involved in an automobile accident in 2013, and I developed a something of a Personal Injury Practice as a result. I know about a number of areas and am particularly well-schooled on Housing, Real Estate, and Landlord/Tenant Matters. By all means contact me if you have a question.